Natural Gas/Pipeline
Leaks, leaks, and more leaks, CommonWealth Magazine
Weymouth compressor station foes say they’ll keep fighting despite setback, Patriot Ledger
Fracking Opponents in Massachusetts Plan March, Public News Service
Berkshire Gas tells DPU it will study ways to lift customer moratorium, MassLive.com
Pipeline firm makes case for more natural gas, CommonWealth Magazine
Pipeline opponents gearing up for march through Medway, MetroWest Daily News
Loneliest Natural Gas Terminal in U.S. Bucks Pipeline Trend, Bloomberg
D.C. Circuit Overrules FERC on Partnership Pipeline’s Tax Recovery, The National Law Review
MAP: Gas pipeline leaks under Brockton streets, Enterprise News
Renewable Energy
New England plots offshore path, reNews
Long Island Power Authority Plans Largest US Offshore Wind Farm, Wall Street Journal
Clock ticking for offshore wind action on Beacon Hill, Taunton Daily Gazette
Yale researchers rank cities and towns on residential solar activity, CT Post
Solar Already Beating Gas On Price, & More — Why Natural Gas Is The Next Fossil Fuel to Go, CleanTechnica
Vermont Hits Its Cap On New Solar Projects, Here And Now
Haverhill eyes new solar projects, Eagle-Tribune
State Leadership in Clean Energy: New Hampshire’s Groundbreaking Renewable Thermal Program, Renewable Energy World
GE Renewable Energy Ships First Offshore Wind Turbine, Yahoo Finance
Grafton, Windham trade letters with Iberdrola over wind project, Brattleboro Reformer
Bedford church appeals to higher power in climate change battle, The Boston Globe
Energy Efficiency
Connecticut’s Green Bank new grant program aids businesses’ energy efficiency efforts, New Haven Register
Milford Honored for its Energy Efficiency, Patch.com
Find Out Which Appliance Is Sucking All Your Power, MIT Technology Review
Clean power benefits, Foster’s Daily Democrat
Nuclear
Renewable Power Push Threatens Last Two New England Reactors, Bloomberg
Feds weigh Vermont Yankee water shipment options, vtdigger.org
As Millstone goes, so goes the cost of electricity in state, Journal Inquirer
Markets/Grid/Policy/Prices/Etc.
House GOP subpoenas NY, Mass. AGs on climate change probe, U.S. News & World Report
Why We Pretend to Clean Up Oil Spills, Smithsonian
Energy Storage Would Get U.S. Tax Credits in Bipartisan Bill, Bloomberg
Political Support For Burrillville Power Plant Raises Questions About Transparency, RI NPR
New power line project approved (no, it’s not the Northern Pass), The Union Leader
Anti-Invenergy activists plan protest march, Woonsocket Call
National Grid Completes Major Upgrade of Canada-New England Transmission Link, Justmeans
Weather company Earth Networks sees utilities as a new path to profit, Washington Post
How Protect Sudbury is challenging Mass. utility laws, MetroWest Daily News
NH Consumer Advocate Wants Price of Northern Pass Power made public, Valley News
Opinion
Mass. should insist on burial of NH power line, CommonWealth Magazine
Prohibit the ‘pipeline tax’, CommonWealth Magazine
Advice for Beacon Hill energy conferees, Commonwealth Magazine
Another View — Kevin Avard: Kinder Morgan withdrawal doesn’t end fight for property owners’ rights, Union Leader
Us-against-them battles on energy do consumers no favors, The Boston Globe
Energy Events
Paving the Way for Grid Modernization, IEEE Power & Energy Society, July 17-21, 2016, Boston, MA
Northeast Energy News 